Thank You Cards

Last year I bought one of those little books that consists of a bunch of postcards to colour. One of them featured snowflakes and although I think snowflakes are pretty, I do not like to colour them. So instead I thought I would see how my homemade alcohol inks perform on the paper. It worked really well, but now what do I do with the postcard?

Move it from here to there.
And then from there to here.
Am I the only one who does that?

Eventually I decided to use it for making some Thank You cards for beautiful Christmas gifts received. Very appropriate, I thought, to our White Christmas.

I die-cut snowflakes from the postcard as well as white cardstock to create the inlaid look

The snowflakes cut from the postcard worked well as accent pieces on their own card front.

The background paper is a piece of gift wrap I had from a previous Christmas. I really like the foiled details on it!
A few clear gems in the centers of the snowflakes finished off the cards.

The 'Thank You' stamp is from BoBunny 'Sentiments Stamps'

Miss You My Friend Cards

Just posting a couple of simple little cards. Cards do not need to be elaborate to bring a smile or a bit of encouragement.

I've been digging into my older paper bits and pieces. Cards are such a good way to use up little scraps and strips! I thought this forlorn looking little dog is a good picture to go with the sentiment(which is an oldie from Provocraft) The stamp is from the 'Bubbly' transparent stamp set by Penny Black and I coloured it with coloured pencils.

Another quick and 'simple' card for when one wants to send a note - the image (again coloured with colour pencils) is from the same 'Bubbly' stamp set.  The sentiment is by BoBunny from the 'Sentiments' set.

I used a punch for the edge and decorative scissors to cut the circle. All old style, but since I have the tools I see no reason not to use them. :-)

I'm off to take more pictures of more cards. I've fallen behind on the 'cards' page...